Disclosed is an image sensing system including a first sub-pixel array having an arrangement of K×K pixels, where “K” is a natural number greater than 4, wherein the first sub-pixel array includes: first pixels disposed in a first diagonal direction and each having a green filter; second pixels disposed in a second diagonal direction that intersects the first diagonal direction and each having a red filter, and third pixels disposed in the second diagonal direction and each having a blue filter; and fourth pixels each having a white filter and disposed at the other positions except for arrangement positions of the first to third pixels disposed in the first and second diagonal directions, and fifth pixels suitable for measuring depth information, and the fourth pixels and the fifth pixels are disposed in a first pattern.
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1. An image sensing system comprising: a first sub-pixel array having an arrangement of K×K pixels, where “K” is a natural number, wherein the first sub-pixel array includes: first pixels disposed in a first diagonal direction and each having a green filter; second pixels disposed in a second diagonal direction that intersects the first diagonal direction and each having a red filter; third pixels disposed in the second diagonal direction and each having a blue filter; fourth pixels each having a white filter and disposed at other positions from the first to third pixels disposed in the first and second diagonal directions; and fifth pixels suitable for measuring depth information and disposed at other positions from the first to third pixels disposed in the first and second diagonal directions, and wherein the fourth pixels and the fifth pixels are disposed in a first pattern.
2. The image sensing system of claim 1, further comprising a second sub-pixel array having the arrangement of the K×K pixels, wherein the second sub-pixel array includes: sixth pixels disposed in the first diagonal direction and each having the green filter; seventh pixels disposed in the second diagonal direction and each having the red filter; eighth pixels disposed in the second diagonal direction and each having the blue filter; ninth pixels each having the white filter and disposed at the other positions except for the arrangement positions of the sixth to eighth pixels disposed in the first and second diagonal directions; and 10th pixels suitable for measuring depth information and disposed at the other positions except for the arrangement positions of the sixth to eighth pixels disposed in the first and second diagonal directions, and wherein the ninth pixels and the 10th pixels are disposed in a second pattern different from the first pattern.
3. The image sensing system of claim 1, further comprising a third sub-pixel array having the arrangement of the K×K pixels, wherein the third sub-pixel array includes: 11th pixels disposed in the first diagonal direction and each having the green filter; 12th pixels disposed in the second diagonal direction and each having the red filter; 13th pixels disposed in the second diagonal direction and each having the blue filter; and 14th pixels each having the white filter and disposed at the other positions except for the arrangement positions of the 11th to 13th pixels disposed in the first and second diagonal directions.
4. The image sensing system of claim 1, further comprising: a correction module suitable for generating, on the basis of at least one correction algorithm, fifth signals corresponding to the fifth pixels; and a remosaic module suitable for converting first signals corresponding to the first pixels, second signals corresponding to the second pixels, third signals corresponding to the third pixels, fourth signals corresponding to the fourth pixels and the fifth signals corresponding to the fifth pixels into image signals corresponding to a Bayer pattern.
5. The image sensing system of claim 4, further comprising: a color synthesis module suitable for generating the image signals corresponding to the Bayer pattern by synthesizing the first to fifth signals in units of 2×2; and a monochrome synthesis module suitable for generating image signals corresponding to a monochrome pattern by synthesizing the fourth and fifth signals according to an arrangement position.
6. The image sensing system of claim 1, wherein the first sub-pixel array has an arrangement of 4×4 pixels, wherein the first pixels comprise first to fourth pixels each having the green filter and disposed in the first diagonal direction; wherein the second pixels comprise fifth and sixth pixels each having the red filter and disposed in the second diagonal direction; wherein the third pixels comprise seventh and eighth pixels each having the blue filter and disposed in the second diagonal direction; wherein the fourth pixels comprise ninth and 10th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in a vertical direction, and 11th and 12th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in a horizontal direction; and wherein the fifth pixels comprise 13th and 14th pixels suitable for measuring the depth information and disposed in the horizontal direction, and 15th and 16th pixels suitable for measuring the depth information and disposed in the vertical direction.
7. The image sensing system of claim 6, wherein the 13th and 14th pixels are disposed on one side of the first sub-pixel array in the vertical direction, and wherein the 15th and 16th pixels are disposed on one side of the first sub-pixel array in the horizontal direction.
8. The image sensing system of claim 6, further comprising a second sub-pixel array having the arrangement of 4×4 pixels, wherein the second sub-pixel array includes: 17th to 20th pixels each having the green filter and disposed in the first diagonal direction; 21st and 22nd pixels each having the red filter and disposed in the second diagonal direction; 23rd and 24th pixels each having the blue filter and disposed in the second diagonal direction; 25th and 26th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the vertical direction; 27th and 28th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the horizontal direction; 29th and 30th pixels suitable for measuring the depth information and disposed in the horizontal direction; and 31st and 32nd pixels suitable for measuring the depth information and disposed in the vertical direction.
9. The image sensing system of claim 8, wherein the 29th and 30th pixels are disposed on one side of the second sub-pixel array in the vertical direction, and wherein the 31st and 32nd pixels are disposed on one side of the second sub-pixel array in the horizontal direction.
10. The image sensing system of claim 6, further comprising a third sub-pixel array having the arrangement of 4×4 pixels, wherein the third sub-pixel array includes: 33rd to 36th pixels each having the green filter and disposed in the first diagonal direction; 37th and 38th pixels each having the red filter and disposed in the second diagonal direction; 39th and 40th pixels each having the blue filter and disposed in the second diagonal direction; 41st and 42nd pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the vertical direction; 43rd and 44th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the horizontal direction; 45th and 46th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the horizontal direction; and 47th and 48th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the vertical direction.
11. The image sensing system of claim 6, further comprising: a correction module suitable for generating, on the basis of at least one correction algorithm, 13th to 16th signals corresponding to the 13th to 16th pixels; and a remosaic module suitable for converting first to 12th signals corresponding to the first to 12th pixels and 13th to 16th signals corresponding to the 13th to 16th pixels into image signals corresponding to a Bayer pattern.
12. The image sensing system of claim 11, further comprising: a color synthesis module suitable for generating the image signals corresponding to the Bayer pattern by synthesizing the first to 16th signals in units of 2×2; and a monochrome synthesis module suitable for generating image signals corresponding to a monochrome pattern by synthesizing the 9th to 16th signals according to an arrangement position.
13. The image sensing system of claim 1, wherein the first sub-pixel array has the arrangement of K×K pixels, where “K” is greater than 4, wherein the first pixels comprise first to fourth pixels each having the green filter and disposed in the first diagonal direction; wherein the second pixels comprise fifth and sixth pixels each having the red filter and disposed in the second diagonal direction; wherein the third pixels comprise seventh and eighth pixels each having the blue filter and disposed in the second diagonal direction; wherein the fourth pixels comprise ninth and 10th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in a vertical direction, 11th and 12th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in a horizontal direction, and; 13th and 14th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the vertical direction, and wherein the fifth pixels comprise 15th and 16th pixels suitable for measuring depth information and disposed in the horizontal direction.
14. The image sensing system of claim 13, wherein the 15th and 16th pixels are disposed on one side of the first sub-pixel array in the vertical direction.
15. The image sensing system of claim 13, further comprising a second sub-pixel array having the arrangement of 4×4 pixels, wherein the second sub-pixel array includes: 17th to 20th pixels each having the green filter and disposed in the first diagonal direction; 21st and 22nd pixels each having the red filter and disposed in the second diagonal direction; 23rd and 24th pixels each having the blue filter and disposed in the second diagonal direction; 25th and 26th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the vertical direction; 27th and 28th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the horizontal direction; 29th and 30th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the vertical direction; and 31st and 32nd pixels suitable for measuring the depth information and disposed in the horizontal direction.
16. The image sensing system of claim 15, wherein the 31st and 32nd pixels are disposed on one side of the second sub-pixel array in the vertical direction.
17. The image sensing system of claim 13, further comprising a third sub-pixel array having the arrangement of 4×4 pixels, wherein the third sub-pixel array includes: 33rd to 36th pixels each having the green filter and disposed in the first diagonal direction; 37th and 38th pixels each having the red filter and disposed in the second diagonal direction; 39th and 40th pixels each having the blue filter and disposed in the second diagonal direction; 41st and 42nd pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the vertical direction; 43rd and 44th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the horizontal direction; 45th and 46th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the vertical direction; and 47th and 48th pixels each having the white filter and disposed in the horizontal direction.
18. The image sensing system of claim 13, further comprising: a correction module suitable for generating, on the basis of at least one correction algorithm, 15th and 16th signals corresponding to the 15th and 16th pixels; and a remosaic module suitable for converting first to 14th signals corresponding to the first to 14th pixels and the 15th and 16th signals corresponding to the 15th and 16th pixels into image signals corresponding to a Bayer pattern.
19. The image sensing system of claim 18, further comprising: a color synthesis module suitable for generating the image signals corresponding to the Bayer pattern by synthesizing the first to 16th signals in units of 2×2; and a monochrome synthesis module suitable for generating image signals corresponding to a monochrome pattern by synthesizing the 9th to 16th signals according to an arrangement position.
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October 26, 2022
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